Java Edition Classic 0.0.9a

0.0.9a^[1]^[2]^[3] was a version of Classic released on May 16, 2009, at 19:15 UTC,^[4]^[5] which added a new building mode and a counter for displaying frame rate and chunk updates, and changed the resolution.

Notch did not release versions 0.0.4a through 0.0.8a, assuming they existed to begin with.^{[note 1]}

Additions[]

Gameplay[]

Building

Right-click switches between placing and destroying modes.^[7]
- Selecting a block now shows a white overlay on all sides of the block.

Changes[]

General[]

Resolution

Changed the game's resolution from 1024×768 to 640×480.^{[is this the correct version?]}^{[note 2]}

Fixes[]

2 bugs fixed

Fixed a graphical glitch with preview tiles in the newly added build mode.^{[citation needed]}
Players can no longer build inside of themselves.

Bugs[]

The white screen issue from 0.0.3a still affects the game.^[8]^[9]

Gallery[]

A bridge in this version.^[1]
A castle in this version.^[1]

Videos recorded in the original 0.0.9a:

Minecraft Castle^[3] - EvilVille (Archive, non-functional)

Notes[]

↑ A screenshot of 0.0.9a was released an hour after Notch announced the release of a new version,^[4] which in turn was an hour after the previous version announcement, which was for 0.0.3a.^[6]
↑ This change possibly happened at least as far back as mc-161607, because it was tested that 1024x768 resolution makes the version number on the top left corner slightly stretched by a few pixels, indicating that the change happened in an earlier version.

References[]

"TigIRC logs" – Archive.org, May 16, 2009, UTC–4.
"lwjgl IRC logs" (archived) – Echelog, May 17, 2009 (UTC+2).

↑ ^a ^b ^c "Minecraft (alpha)" – Tigsource Forums, May 17, 2009.
↑ "castle.png" (Archive) – jwaap, PhotoBucket; as mentioned in Tigsource and IRC logs ("(16:34:37) jw: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo269/jwaap/castle.png")
↑ ^a ^b Archived video (non-functional)
↑ ^a ^b TigIRC logs: "(15:15:08) notch: new version out, you can't build in a space you're occupying, and I fixed a small graphical glitch with preview tiles" [...] "(16:11:54) jw: minecraft is awesome D;", "(16:11:57) jw: and in your browser" [...] "(16:15:06) jw: I am so building a castle" [...] "(16:34:37) jw: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo269/jwaap/castle.png" (19:15 to 20:34 UTC)
↑ lwjgl IRC logs: "[13:15:36] <Notch_> i did a small update late last night, but nothing that should fix that, I think" (May 17, 11:15 UTC)
↑ TigIRC logs: "(14:05:16) notch: fartron: I uploaded 0.0.3 with caves. Does it load the new version properly if you reload the page?" (18:05 UTC)
↑ TigIRC logs: "(14:49:37) notch: I'm switching so that rmb = toggle edit mode now"
↑ TigIRC logs: "(04:18:12) SimonTheDigger: all I get is a white screen" [...] "(04:21:12) Super-Dot: I got the white screen too, on Windows" [...] "(04:21:55) notch: If you're on an Eee, that's probably why. I get the same thing on mine" (08:18 to 08:21 UTC, May 17)
↑ TigIRC logs: "(16:59:42) Super-Dot: Hmm, white screen"

[7] A screenshot of 0.0.9a was released an hour after Notch announced the release of a new version,^[4] which in turn was an hour after the previous version announcement, which was for 0.0.3a.^[6]

[9] This change possibly happened at least as far back as mc-161607, because it was tested that 1024x768 resolution makes the version number on the top left corner slightly stretched by a few pixels, indicating that the change happened in an earlier version.

[Tigsource-1] "Minecraft (alpha)" – Tigsource Forums, May 17, 2009.

[2] "castle.png" (Archive) – jwaap, PhotoBucket; as mentioned in Tigsource and IRC logs ("(16:34:37) jw: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo269/jwaap/castle.png")

[:0-3] Archived video (non-functional)

[new_version_out-4] TigIRC logs: "(15:15:08) notch: new version out, you can't build in a space you're occupying, and I fixed a small graphical glitch with preview tiles" [...] "(16:11:54) jw: minecraft is awesome D;", "(16:11:57) jw: and in your browser" [...] "(16:15:06) jw: I am so building a castle" [...] "(16:34:37) jw: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo269/jwaap/castle.png" (19:15 to 20:34 UTC)

[last_night-5] wjgl IRC logs: "[13:15:36] <Notch_> i did a small update late last night, but nothing that should fix that, I think" (May 17, 11:15 UTC)

[6] TigIRC logs: "(14:05:16) notch: fartron: I uploaded 0.0.3 with caves. Does it load the new version properly if you reload the page?" (18:05 UTC)

[8] TigIRC logs: "(14:49:37) notch: I'm switching so that rmb = toggle edit mode now"

[10] TigIRC logs: "(04:18:12) SimonTheDigger: all I get is a white screen" [...] "(04:21:12) Super-Dot: I got the white screen too, on Windows" [...] "(04:21:55) notch: If you're on an Eee, that's probably why. I get the same thing on mine" (08:18 to 08:21 UTC, May 17)

[11] TigIRC logs: "(16:59:42) Super-Dot: Hmm, white screen"

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